DACA Program That Protects ‘Dreamers’ Celebrates Fifth Anniversary

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Thursday marks the fifth anniversary of a program started by President Obama, which gave hundreds of thousands of “dreamers” the right to work legally in the United States. So what is the status of the program under President Trump.

Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals or DACA gives immigrants brought into the U.S. illegally as children the right to go to school, have a driver’s license and work permit. President Donald Trump criticized the program during his campaign, but has yet to dismantle it.

“I don’t think this president wants to face the negative consequences of that,” said Sundrop Carter, who runs the Pennsylvania Immigration and Citizenship Coalition. “This is a program that people overwhelmingly support.”